brouter

English

Etymology

Blend of bridge +‎ router

Noun

brouter (plural brouters)

  1. (computing) A network device that acts as both a bridge and a router by routing packets for known protocols and forwarding all others, as a bridge would.

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʁu.te/
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Verb

brouter

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to graze; to browse
  2. (slang) to perform cunnilingus

Conjugation
Conjugation of brouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple brouter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple broutant
/bʁu.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle brouté
/bʁu.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present broute
/bʁut/		 broutes
/bʁut/		 broute
/bʁut/		 broutons
/bʁu.tɔ̃/		 broutez
/bʁu.te/		 broutent
/bʁut/
imperfect broutais
/bʁu.tɛ/		 broutais
/bʁu.tɛ/		 broutait
/bʁu.tɛ/		 broutions
/bʁu.tjɔ̃/		 broutiez
/bʁu.tje/		 broutaient
/bʁu.tɛ/
past historic2 broutai
/bʁu.te/		 broutas
/bʁu.ta/		 brouta
/bʁu.ta/		 broutâmes
/bʁu.tam/		 broutâtes
/bʁu.tat/		 broutèrent
/bʁu.tɛʁ/
future brouterai
/bʁu.tʁe/		 brouteras
/bʁu.tʁa/		 broutera
/bʁu.tʁa/		 brouterons
/bʁu.tʁɔ̃/		 brouterez
/bʁu.tʁe/		 brouteront
/bʁu.tʁɔ̃/
conditional brouterais
/bʁu.tʁɛ/		 brouterais
/bʁu.tʁɛ/		 brouterait
/bʁu.tʁɛ/		 brouterions
/bʁu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 brouteriez
/bʁu.tə.ʁje/		 brouteraient
/bʁu.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present broute
/bʁut/		 broutes
/bʁut/		 broute
/bʁut/		 broutions
/bʁu.tjɔ̃/		 broutiez
/bʁu.tje/		 broutent
/bʁut/
imperfect2 broutasse
/bʁu.tas/		 broutasses
/bʁu.tas/		 broutât
/bʁu.ta/		 broutassions
/bʁu.ta.sjɔ̃/		 broutassiez
/bʁu.ta.sje/		 broutassent
/bʁu.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — broute
/bʁut/		 — broutons
/bʁu.tɔ̃/		 broutez
/bʁu.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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